The Old Power House, situated at 1071 Route 776 in Grand Manan, was constructed in 1929 as the original facility for the Grand Manan Light and Power Company. Electricity was…
Tobique
Originating from Nictau Lake in Mount Carleton Provincial Park, the Tobique River, pronounced as Toe-Bick, spans across 148 kilometers in northwestern New Brunswick, eventually merging with the Saint John River…
Mactaquac Dam
The Mactaquac Dam is an embankment dam used to generate hydroelectricity in Mactaquac. It dams the waters of the Saint John River and is operated by NB Power with a capacity to generate 653 megawatts of electricity from 6 turbines; this represents 20 percent…
Village of Minto
The Village of Minto, was incorporated as a village in 1962. The Village was named for the eighth Governor General of Canada, the Earl of Minto, in 1904 when the…
Old New Brunswick Power Commission Head Office
When the Provincial Power Commission’s headquarters moved from Saint John to Fredericton in 1949, they built and occupied this, one of Fredericton’s only buildings that fuse the “Modern Classical” and…